Hand-oiler.



R. J. MEITNER.

HAND OILER.

APPLICATION FILED-MAR. 14.1917.

Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

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HAND OILER.

APPLICATlON FILED MAR. 14. 1911.

1 ,284,408. Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

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RUDOLPH J. M EITNER, or nonen CITY, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR crown-HALF 'ro ALExAnnEn w nornn'rson, or DODGE CITY, KANSAS.

jI-IAND-OILER.

To all whom it may concern: a j

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH J. MEITNER, a subject of. the Emperor of Austria, residing at Dodge City, in the county of Ford and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand- Oilers, of which the following is a specification. I

The present invention appertains to improvements in lubricating devices of that type known as hand-oilers or oil cans.

The primary object in view is to provide such a device with a valve for controlling the discharge of oil from the can and novel operating means for said valve so constructed and arranged as to avoid the necessity of special packing" to provide against leakage.

It is further an object to provide operating means capable of being readily assembled and disassembled for renewal of parts or other purposes.

With these and other objects in view, this invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangements of parts all as hereinafter more fully described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device constructed in accordance with this invention a portion of the spout being broken away to show the controlling valve.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view showing more clearly the operating means for the valve.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the plane indicated by the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional View of the end portion of the spout showing more clearly the valve.

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view on the plane indicated by the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Figs. 6 and 7 are perspective views showing the several parts of the operating means for the valve.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary perspective view of the valve seat.

Referring to the drawings and specifically describing the invention, 1 designates the body or reservoir portion of the oiler and 2 the spout. The oiler is preferably constructed of pressed steel material and having solderless joints owing to the fact opening 3 Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nov, 12, 1 918, Application filed March 14, 1917. Serial No. 154,831. j

that. oftentimes the device is subjected to I heat in order to keep the lubricant in condltion for use in cold Weather. Arranged at a convenient point in the end portion of the spout is a valve seat 3, shown most clearly in Fig. 8, which seat is provided with an annular groove 4: into which the metal of the spout is depressed by spinning a groove therein as indicated at 5, thus holding the seat firmly in place. A

trol the discharge of the lubricant from the spout and said valve is carried by the terminal portion of the valve rod 7. Said rod is threaded to receive this valve and said valve is, therefore, adjustable on the rod to provide for proper cooperation with the seat. The valve rod extends through a central in the valve seat and thi upper extremity 7 constitutes a guide which prevents the rod from binding in the manipulation of the valve by operating means now to be described.

Extending laterally through a suitable opening in the body 1 of the oiler is a sleeve 9, the enlarged portion of which is preferably brazed to the metal so as to provide against leakage about the sleeve. The sleeve is threaded internally as indicated at 10 and its reduced end portion 9 projects preferably a sufi'icient distance inwardly to lie approximately beneath the central portion of the mouth of the can. Mounted inthe. sleeve is a shaft 11 having the threaded portion 11 engageable with the threaded portion 10 of the sleeve 6 providing a positive connection between these parts and also elimimating the necessity of packing about the shaft to prevent leakage of the oil through the sleeve, when in use. To the inner squared extremity of the shaft 11 is detachably connected by a pin 12, an arm 13 with which the lower laterally bent extremity of the valve rod 7 is detachably connected. Surrounding the reduced portion 9 of the sleeve is a spring 14 one end of which is seated in the recess 15 of the sleeve and the other end of which engages in the notched extremity 13 of the arm 13. This spring exerts pressure against the arm and rod tending to hold the valve seated and preventing the lubricant from escaping from the spout. The outer squared extremity of washered face valve 6 cooperates with the seat to con-y shaft 11 in the sleeve, thereby causing actuation of the valve rod withdrawing the valve from its seatso as to'tpermlt the lubricant to escape through the valve. It will be apparent that the parts of the operating mechanism'may easily be removed by detachment of thespout of the can and disconnecting the lower end of the valve rod from the arm 13 which in turn may bedetached from the shaft 11, and finally the removal of the thumb lever 16 permits the shaft to be withdrawn through the sleeve by unscrewing the same. This is particularly advantageous and the fact that the parts do not require soldering is also a desideratum in a device of this character. 7 a v It is to beunderstood thatthe mechanism hereinbefore described may be attached to ordinary tin oilcans as well as to those which are constructed of sheet steel material.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

A hand oiler of the class described ineluding a body for holding the oil and a spout detachably" connected thereto, valve means for controlling the discharge of the oil comprising a valve arranged in said spout, an actuating rod connected therewith, means to operate said rod and valve com prising a-shaft extending into the body aforesaid and having an arm detachably connected therewith and to the rod, a supporting sleeve projecting into the body" and having an internal threaded portion, said shaft having a threaded portion cooperating with the threaded portion of the sleeve to prevent passage of the oilthrough said sleeve, a spring surrounding this end of the sleeve and engaging the arm between the shaft and the rod whereby t0 normally hold the valve in seated position, and a finger piece de tachably connected to the outer end ofthe Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gommissionerof Patents,

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